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Date: | Friday 11 June 1948 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B |
Owner/operator: | 766 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | EZ123 |
MSN: | 88-15268 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RNAS Lossiemouth /HMS Fulmar, Morayshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar), Morayshire |
Destination airport: | RNAS Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar), Morayshire |
Narrative:North American AT-6C-NT Texan: Ex-USAAF 41-33996 (MSN 88-15268) to RAF as Harvard III EZ123. Shipped to South Africa March 1944. Operated by the South African Air Force as 7568. Transferred May 15, 1945 to Fleet Air Arm as EZ123.
To No 757 Squadron, Puttalam, Ceylon June 1945. Returned to UK, shipped ex-Wingfield, Cape Town, South Africa 18 December 1945. Known to have arrived in the UK, as flown on ferry flight from HMS Dipper, RNAS Henstridge, Somerset to RNARY Donibristle on 23 March 1946. To HMS Fieldfare, RNAS Evanton, Ross & Cromarty, 21 November 1946. To HMS Vulture, RNAS St. Merryn, Cornwall 15 August 1947.
Isued to 766 Squadron, RNAS Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar), Morayshire, Scotland 9 September 1947.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 June 1948 in a landing accident at RNAS Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar), Morayshire, Scotland. On landing, the port wing rose, and the starboard wing dropped, the aircraft's wingtip impacted the ground, and the aircraft swung to port off the runway. Damage reported to aircraft wingtip, but pilot - Cadet Pilot J Walker - believed sustained only minor injuries.
Damaged airframe to RNARY Donibristle 23 November 1948. Struck Off Charge 16 January 1950
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrow, Air Britain, 2004 p.483)
2. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.69)
3. Sturtivant, Ray; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
4.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/757_Naval_Air_Squadron Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-May-2021 19:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-May-2021 19:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-May-2021 19:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
28-May-2021 21:46 |
Newton |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |